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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

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Health-care issue triggers hold on OPM nominee Katherine Archuleta
Washington Post
said he would delay a full Senate confirmation vote on Office of Personnel Management nominee Katherine Archuleta pending answers from the administration regarding health insurance coverage for Capitol Hill staffers once the ACA kicks in. The Homeland ...
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Obama enters Hill health-care dispute
Politico
Party leaders in both chambers want OPM to rule that the government can continue to contribute to health insurance premiums for members and staffers. OPM, though, has so far refused to say how it will handle the provision despite months of lobbying by ...
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Florida says health insurance prices will spike; feds disagree
MiamiHerald.com
Florida insurance regulators unveiled for the first time Wednesday the prices proposed by private insurers for individual health plans to be sold on the state's federally-run exchange, which is scheduled to launch Oct. 1. But the proposed health plans ...
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Health care delay costly
Waterbury Republican American
Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida have all signed a letter opposing any must-pass spending bill at the end of the budget year in September that includes funding for the health care law, and used their remarks to appeal to ...
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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Selects Oracle Advanced Controls to Streamline ...
Wall Street Journal
Today, the healthcare industry is under increased pressure to reduce operational risks and costs without affecting the quality of care for its customers. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a full-service health benefits company with a history of providing ...
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Health care exchange insurance rates set
vtdigger.org
Chart shows the difference between premium rates for the six standard plans proposed by health insurers and what they were reduced to after the Green Mountain Care Board ordered Blue Cross and MVP to take specific steps. Andrew Stein/VTDigger.
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Colorado delays releasing health insurance rates
Denver Post
DENVER—Colorado residents who need health insurance by the end of the year are going to have to wait a little longer to see how much the new requirement will cost them. State insurance officials said Wednesday they'll need an extra two weeks to ...
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Health care counseling services are focus of presentation
Sun-Sentinel
Seniors learned about SHINE – Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders – and its Medicare counseling services at a presentation July 11 at the Hagen Ranch Road Library. "SHINE'S mission is to provide free and unbiased health insurance counseling ...
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New health insurance options for early retirees
Sun-Sentinel
One of the biggest challenges early retirees face is finding affordable health insurance until they qualify for Medicare — or finding any coverage if they have a preexisting condition. The new health law changes the rules. Starting in January 2014 ...
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Md. Reduces Health Insurance Rates
WHAG
HAGERSTOWN , MD- The Affordable Care Act is changing a lot when it comes to health insurance, including the role that states play in helping the uninsured find coverage. Every state will now have an "exchange" or a marketplace where people can get ...
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Medicare premiums to remain stable in 2014
USA TODAY
"There is continued very strong competition within the Part D plan," said Jonathan Blum, deputy administrator and director for the Center of Medicare. When the coverage gap program began, "there was lots of concern that filling in the doughnut hole ...
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HHS Inspector General Scrutinizes Medicare Rule For Observation Care
Washington Post (blog)
Medicare patients' chances of being admitted to the hospital or kept for observation depend on what hospital they go to -- even when their symptoms are the same, notes a federal watchdog agency in a report to be released today, which also urges ...
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Medicare turns 48 today; can you count on it when you turn 65?
The Seattle Times (blog)
The nation's leading advocacy group for older Americans marked the 48th anniversary of Medicare's enactment Tuesday by launching the first of a series of "common sense" video solutions to prevent cuts to universal coverage for seniors. One idea: Block ...
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Strengthening Medicare and Medicaid Today and for Tomorrow
Huffington Post
My 92-year-old father first ran for public office after he finished his military service in World War II. He served on the city council, and later was elected to Congress. In 1965, he helped write and voted for Medicare and Medicaid, which celebrate ...
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Fulfilling the Promise of Medicare
Huffington Post
"We can say this of Medicare: By honoring the fundamental humanity, which is the spirit of democracy, it is a triumph of rightness in America." Nearly five decades after President Lyndon Johnson spoke those words as he signed Medicare into law, it is ...
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Critics wrong about Medicare payment board
Chicago Tribune
For Medicare, this has been a summer of good and bad news. On one hand, the program's costs continue to rise remarkably slowly. So far this fiscal year, they have gone up by only 2.7 percent in nominal terms, the Congressional Budget Office reports.
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Medicare turns 48
The Seattle Times
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell to support the Medicare Drug Savings Act (S. 740). This legislation would prevent pharmaceutical companies from charging Medicare higher prices for certain prescription drugs than they charge Medicaid recipients.
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Boston hospital settles Medicare complaint
San Francisco Chronicle
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston hospital has paid a $5.3 million to resolve allegations that it overcharged the Medicare system. The Boston Globe (http://bo.st/13UYDFu ) reports that a federal review of records from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found ...
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Happy Birthday Medicare!
Sacramento Bee
CHICAGO, July 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On July 30th, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law. On the 48th anniversary of the program, AARP is sending a strong message to the Illinois Congressional Delegation: We need ...
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AARP Statement and Video on Medicare's 48th Anniversary
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, AARP released the first in a "commonsense solutions" series of new videos on the 48th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing Medicare into law on July 30, 1965. AARP's Executive Vice President ...
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Happy Birthday Medicare! - Campaign for America's Future News
By Dave Johnson
Before Medicare only half of older Americans had any health insurance at all. The elderly had on average half the income of younger people, but the policies cost on average three times as much. Now around 50 million Americans are covered ...
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The 48th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
Today, we mark the 48th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid becoming law, a sacred promise our country made to older Americans and low-income working ...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

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Delay on health care law for employers to cost government $10B
Salt Lake Tribune
Washington • The Obama administration's surprise decision to delay a key requirement of the health care law for employers will cost the government $10 billion, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday. While that's a big number, the ...
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Insurance chief's claim: health care law will inflate rates
Atlanta Journal Constitution
"In complete contradiction to every promise made by the President with regard to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, insurance companies in Georgia have filed rate plans increasing health insurance rates up to 198 percent for some ...
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'Health-care is not free in Canada': Report says Canadians think wealth is No ...
National Post
OTTAWA — Poverty is the No. 1 factor in determining whether Canadians live long, healthy lives, says a report from the Canadian Medical Association. And another report released Tuesday, this one from the Fraser Institute, gives Canadians a stark ...
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Health Care Debate: Why Are We Spending Less?
MedPage Today
"A mounting body of research finds that structural changes are driving a substantial part of the recent slowdown in health care cost growth, suggesting that the trend may persist," Krueger wrote. "Moreover, the fact that the slowdown in cost growth ...
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NC department approves health insurance plan rates for exchanges
Durham Herald Sun
The N.C. Department of Insurance announced Tuesday that it approved the rates for plans that three health insurers intend to sell through the federal health insurance exchanges in North Carolina. However, the actual rates haven't been publicly released.
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Health Care Information Technology Growing In Economy
CBS Local
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — The market for health care information technology is showing enormous growth potential, and plenty of Maryland businesses are crowding in. Some create proprietary products — such as software for Electronic Health Records or ...
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Hill staffers must buy health insurance - and they're not happy about it
NBCNews.com (blog)
WASHINGTON — As President Obama barnstorms the country promoting his health care law, one audience very close to home is growing increasingly anxious about the financial implications of the new coverage: members of Congress and their personal ...
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Health insurance rates are dropping in the US
Live Insurance News
As health insurance exchanges begin to take form throughout the U.S., these organizations are announcing that rates for coverage will be considerably lower than expected in many parts of the country. These exchanges are meant to begin open enrollment ...
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Actuary: County's health insurance obligations could rise to $100M
The Register Star
Vicki Mazzie, a consultant actuary with Milliman, told the Fiscal Oversight Committee on Monday the county's health insurance obligations to its employees and retirees could rise to $100 million by 2020, if they continue at the current rate. The county ...
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AMA: Medicare gains from physicians' advice
USA TODAY
The success of Medicare depends on accurately assessing the impact of constant advances in science and technology on patient care. There is simply no substitute for physicians' clinical expertise when gauging how much work and resources go into one ...
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More disgruntled doctors leave Medicare
Wall Street Journal
Almost all Americans over 65 belong to Medicare – and pay its steadily rising premiums. But doctors aren't required to work with the program, and according to a report by Melinda Beck in The Wall Street Journal today, more physicians are opting out.
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Medicare Preventive Screening: How often can you get these tests?
Tucson Citizen
I had a call today from a man who is new to Medicare and was asking about getting an annual physical. I told him Medicare does not cover what is called an "annual physical", but it does cover lots of tests would be part of a physical. But I couldn't ...
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HHS: Obamacare reduces Medicare drug costs
CBS News
Over six million people with Medicare have saved $7 billion under the Affordable Care Act, the Health and Human Services Department announced Monday. Reducing individual prescription drug costs by $1,061, Obamacare has begun to reduce the existing ...
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Medicare Birthday Party set for Tuesday
Corvallis Gazette Times
To help make the case for extending the federal health program for senior citizens to all Americans, they're throwing a party on the riverfront to mark the 47th anniversary of Medicare's creation. The Medicare Birthday Party will take place from 4:30 ...
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Who Should Set Medicare Prices?
Bloomberg
Last week, the Washington Post published a long article exposing a secret that has been widely known to health-care-policy analysts for decades: The people in charge of setting the rates that Medicare pays doctors are...the doctors that Medicare pays.
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Medicare future at critical juncture for millions of Texans
Liberty Vindicator
AUSTIN, Texas - As the cost of health care continues to rise, Medicare is the only real option for health insurance for seniors across Texas and the nation. Those who rely on it are urging Congress to keep the program strong for future generations ...
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Medicare - Commonsense Solutions for Rx Drug Costs
YouTube
... available yet. Report. Published on Jul 29, 2013. Lowering prescription drug costs could save Medicare billions. Go to aarp.org/commonsense to tell Congress to keep Medicare going strong with responsible, commonsense solutions- not harmful cuts.
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Medicare Turns 48 - AARP
On July 30,1965, at a ceremony in Independence, Mo., President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed Medicare into law.
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Fed-up doctors are fleeing Medicare- MSN Money
Just as millions of Americans are aging into the Medicare system -- designed to provide health care for people older than 65 -- the number of doctors opting out ...
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Monday, July 29, 2013

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Health care costs rise at slowest rate in 50 years
USA TODAY
Job growth in industries that have traditionally not provided health insurance for their employees, such as restaurants, was higher. Restaurant sales and employment have increased more than any other retail sales industry since the law was signed, at ...
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Health insurance marketplace gears up for October start
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
The average 50-year-old nonsmoker in Montgomery County can buy health insurance premiums through the Maryland exchange market starting Oct. 1, ranging from $263 to $470 per month. The lowest monthly premium rate is from Coventry Health Care of ...
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Canvassers For Health Coverage Find Few Takers In Boca Raton
NPR
Spencer, a volunteer with the nonprofit Enroll America, was spending a hot and humid Saturday morning knocking on doors in Boca Raton, a mostly posh South Florida city, looking for people without health coverage. She wanted to let them know about new ...
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Rubio's new health care remedy: shut down the government, blame Obama!
MSNBC
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., attends a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the nomination of Victoria Nuland to be assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2013. (Photo by J.
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New health insurance markets: Not like Travelocity
The News Journal
Christine Ferguson, director of the Rhode Island health insurance exchange taking part in a meeting at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. You may have heard that shopping for health insurance under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will be ...
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A New Health Insurance World Is on the Way
Huffington Post
That's why with one notable exception -- WellPoint -- the big for-profit "insurers" are not looking at the new health insurance marketplaces, which will go online October 1, as opportunities. Aetna, Cigna and UnitedHealthcare have all said they will be ...
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Health care agency offers old-fashioned house calls
Lake Wylie Pilot
Providence Care, a private health care agency that offers old-fashioned house calls for geriatric patients and other services including hospice care, has opened a new office in York. The agency, which has been serving upstate South Carolina counties ...
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Health insurance companies sending smaller rebate checks this year
Newsworks.org
Under the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies are required to spend 80 percent of each health premium on actual insurance costs – and no more than 20 percent on administrative costs. If this ratio – known as the medical loss ration (MLR) or the 80 ...
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